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Granted Patent B2
US 12,660,858 · App. 18/250,116 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Article for an aerosol provision system

Inventors: Howard Rothwell (London, GB); Mohammed Al-Amin (London, GB)
Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
A24F40/53A24F40/10
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Patent No.
US 12,660,858
App. No.
18/250,116
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An article for an aerosol provision system includes an aerosol generator and article control circuitry configured to control electrical power supplied to the aerosol generator based on a value of a counter stored in memory of the article control circuitry.

Claims (28)

1 . A method of controlling an aerosol generator of an article for an aerosol provision system comprising:

receiving electrical power from a device coupled to the article;

reading a value of a counter; and

determining, based on the value of the counter, whether to enable a supply of the electrical power to the aerosol generator from the device, comprising preventing the electrical power from being supplied to the aerosol generator in response to determining that the value of the counter equals an initial value, wherein the initial value indicates that the article is new.

2 . A method of controlling an article for an aerosol provision system comprising:

controlling electrical power supplied to an aerosol generator based on a value of a counter; and

preventing the electrical power from being supplied to the aerosol generator in response to determining that the value of the counter equals an initial value, wherein the initial value of the counter indicates that the article is new.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

updating the value of the counter in response to an inhalation on the aerosol provision system by a user of the aerosol provision system.

4 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

preventing the electrical power from being supplied to the aerosol generator based on a comparison between the value of the counter and an inhalation limit.

5 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

updating the value of the counter to a reset value in response to the article filling with aerosol-generating material.

6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

enabling the supply of the electrical power to the aerosol generator in response to the value of the counter being updated to the reset value.

7 . An article for an aerosol provision system comprising:

an aerosol generator; and

article control circuitry configured to control electrical power supplied to the aerosol generator based on a value of a counter stored in memory of the article control circuitry, wherein the article control circuitry is configured to prevent the electrical power from being supplied to the aerosol generator in response to determining that the value of the counter equals an initial value, wherein the initial value indicates that the article is new.

8 . The article of claim 7 , wherein the article control circuitry is configured to update the value of the counter to a reset value in response to the article filling with aerosol-generating material.

9 . The article of claim 7 , wherein the article control circuitry is configured to enable the supply of the electrical power to the aerosol generator in response to the value of the counter being updated to the reset value.

10 . The article of claim 7 , wherein the article control circuitry is configured to update the value of the counter in response to an inhalation on the aerosol provision system by a user of the aerosol provision system.

11 . The article of claim 7 , wherein the article control circuitry is configured to prevent the electrical power from being supplied to the aerosol generator based on a comparison between the value of the counter and an inhalation limit.

12 . An aerosol provision system comprising the article of claim 7 .

13 . The article of claim 7 , further comprising a switch, wherein the article control circuitry is configured to control the electrical power supplied to the aerosol generator by actuating the switch.

14 . The article of claim 13 , wherein the switch is integrated into the article control circuitry.

15 . The article of claim 7 , further comprising a second counter stored in the memory of the article control circuitry, wherein the article control circuitry is configured to update a value of the second counter in response to an inhalation on the aerosol provision system by a user of the aerosol provision system.

16 . The article of claim 15 , wherein the article control circuitry is configured maintain the value of the second counter in response to the article being filled with aerosol-generating material.

17 . The article of claim 15 , wherein the article control circuitry is configured to permanently prevent the electrical power from being supplied to the aerosol generator based on a comparison between the value of the second counter and a usage limit.